High severity · published Nov 8, 2021
CVE-2021-41771
ImportedSymbols in debug/macho (for Open or OpenFat) in Go before 1.16.10 and 1.17.x before 1.17.3 Accesses a Memory Location After the End of a Buffer, aka an out-of-bounds slice…
7.5
CVSS
4.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
ImportedSymbols in debug/macho (for Open or OpenFat) in Go before 1.16.10 and 1.17.x before 1.17.3 Accesses a Memory Location After the End of a Buffer, aka an out-of-bounds slice situation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.7% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
GO
GO · Golang
before 1.16.10; 1.17.0 before 1.17.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41771
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41771
cert-portal.siemens.com
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-744259.pdf
Vendor Advisory
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0fM21h43arc
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00016.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00017.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00021.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4OFS3M3OFB24SWPTIAPARKGPUMQVUY6Z/
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